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High ALAS2023-2023-183 1 CVE

Important: python-flask security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published May 25, 2023 · Updated Jun 7, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-30861: Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequently sent by the proxy to other clients. If the proxy also caches `Set-Cookie` headers, it may send one client's `session` cookie to other clients. The severity depends on the application's use of the session and the proxy's behavior regarding cookies. This happens because vulnerable versions of Flask only set the `Vary: Cookie` header when the session is accessed or modified, not when it is refreshed (re-sent to update the expiration) without being accessed or modified. This issue has been fixed in versions 2.3.2 and 2.2.5.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 python-flask-doc 1:1.1.2-5.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-flask 1:1.1.2-5.amzn2023.0.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2023-30861 Public exploit

    Flask vulnerable to possible disclosure of permanent session cookie due to missing Vary: Cookie header

    Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework. When all of the following conditions are met, a response containing data intended for one client may be cached and subsequently sent by the proxy to other clients. If the proxy also caches `Set-Cookie` he…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-30861.html